By Herself? photographed by Egor Abramov (Егор Абрамов) circa 2005, model: Varvara (Варвара) [ via roge.ru ]. This picture created quite a stir in art_nude community some time ago (couple of years, I guess), as far as I could remember the extent of the width of model's hips invoked a rather heated discussion...

"Žiedai tarp žiedų" ("Flowers among Flowers", "Цветы среди цветов") photography book by Rimantas Dichavičius[www] (Римантас Дихавичус), first published in USSR, Vilnius: Mintis, 1987. According to the artist, photographs were taken over the years and decades prior to the publication.

The black-and-white photo gained public attention after the recent announcement that it will be auctioned by Christie's[wiki] in New York next month, in conjunction with Carla Bruni's present status of the First Lady of France. [ via ABC News ] [ via FOX News ] [ via Daily Mail ]. On a separate note, both ABC and FOX, as well as -- I'm sure -- the rest of American media*, censored the aforementioned picture, which is by no means surprising, what I find interesting is that FOX chose to use the images of French flag for this purpose.